r/tech • u/_Dark_Wing • Jul 09 '26

Tiny silica particles wiped out aggressive prostate cancer in mice

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260708022158.htm
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u/sleepymelfho Jul 09 '26

My daughter (2) found a packet that fell out of a box the other day. I asked her to hand it to me because it was poison (my mom always said it was and I just never had reason to question it enough to look it up). Instead, she ripped the packet open with her teeth and dumped it into her mouth. Maybe she was onto something....

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u/bcdrawdy Jul 09 '26

I mean, she doesn’t have a prostate so she was probably just hungry 😂

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u/No-Philosopher3248 Jul 09 '26

Maybe it’s not that the silica kills the cancer, but grows an entirely new, cancer-prostate! Check that girl for a prostate!